This granny stitch crochet sweater pattern is worked top down in one piece with no seams and no blocking, with an optional charted colorwork band across the chest — so one pattern gives you two sweaters, plain or patterned, in nine sizes from XS to 5X, with thirteen step-by-step photographs along the way.

Sunday Granny is the sweater you put on when nothing else is happening. It is worked from the collar down in granny clusters, round and round — not squares joined together — so the fabric grows as one piece and the raglan shaping happens on its own as you go. You start with a band of ribbing for the collar, work the yoke outwards from four V-stitches, divide for the sleeves, and carry straight on down the body. The collar, hem and cuffs are ribbing joined to the garment as you work them, so there is nothing to sew at the end. When you fasten off the last stitch, the sweater is finished.

THE COLORWORK IS OPTIONAL — ONE PATTERN, TWO SWEATERS The diamond band across the chest is written as its own section. Work it and you have the sweater in the photographs. Skip it and you have a clean single-colour granny sweater with nothing missing and no adjustments to make. Two charts are included — a wide one for sizes S through 5X and a narrow one sized for XS, both centred on the front, both seven rounds, both worked on the same body rounds at every size. The contrast is carried along the top of the previous round and worked over, never cut and never left floating, so nothing shows through the open fabric.

THIRTEEN PHOTOGRAPHS, AT EVERY STAGE THAT IS EASIER SHOWN THAN WRITTEN The collar ring closed. The yoke a few rounds in with the four raglan lines set. A raglan line close up, so you can see how each V-stitch sits in the centre of the one below. The yoke deeper, and again laid flat ready to divide. The underarm worked across. The sweater tried on at each fit checkpoint. The colorwork from the right side, and the same fabric from the wrong side so you can see exactly how the contrast is carried. The finished hem band. The cuff, and the sleeve laid down the arm before it goes on.

NOT ONE SEAM, AND NO BLOCKING No shoulder seams, no side seams, no sleeves to set in, no underarms to close. Even the bands are not sewn on — each row of ribbing is joined to the garment edge as it is worked. And the sample was never blocked: every measurement in this pattern was taken off the finished sweater in the photographs, not from a swatch and not from a calculation.

THREE DOUBLE CROCHET IN A SPACE, ALL THE WAY DOWN The whole yoke, body and sleeves are granny clusters. The bands are single crochet in the back loop. That is the stitch list. The yoke increases happen because of where the clusters land rather than because you are counting increases, and the sleeve taper is one decrease round at a steady rhythm.

NINE SIZES, WORKED OUT FROM A REAL SWEATER Finished bust 34 to 68 inches. The size S in the photographs is the garment the entire grade was built from — its stitch counts, its round counts and its measured inches are the anchor every other size is scaled against. A full schematic is included with every measurement at every size, and there is a fit checkpoint at each stage where crochet lies about its own length.

A YARN YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUY Lion Brand Heartland, worsted weight, sold on Amazon and in most craft stores. The sample is Capitol Reef with a Great Smoky Mountains contrast. The colorwork takes about 25 yards at every size — a job for a leftover ball, not a whole skein.

✨ Pattern Details: Skill Level: Advanced Beginner — granny clusters, single crochet, slip stitch and chain Sizes: Nine, XS through 5X Finished Bust: 34, 38, 42, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64 and 68 inches — 4” of ease at XS to M, 6” at L to 5X Body Length: 12” to 15” from the underarm, including the 2” ribbed hem band Sleeve Length: 20” to 21” from the underarm, including the 2” ribbed cuff Yarn: Worsted weight #4. Shown in Lion Brand Heartland — Capitol Reef, with Great Smoky Mountains. 781 to 1,837 yards of the main colour across the range, 4 to 9 skeins; about 25 yards of contrast at every size Hooks: 5.50mm / US I-9 for the clusters, 5.00mm / US H-8 for the collar, hem and cuffs Gauge: 4 granny clusters and 8 rounds = 4 inches, unblocked, on the 5.50mm hook. Ribbing: 16 sc = 4 inches and 23 rows = 5 inches in single crochet back loop only on the 5.00mm hook Additional Materials: Tapestry needle, one stitch marker. No buttons, no zips Format: PDF instant download Language: English (US crochet terms)

Why You’ll Love This Pattern: ✔️ The colorwork is optional — the same pattern makes a plain sweater or a patterned one ✔️ Two colorwork charts, sized so the band sits centred on the front at every size ✔️ Thirteen step-by-step photographs, at every stage that is easier shown than written ✔️ Completely seamless — the bands are joined as you work, so nothing is sewn on at the end ✔️ No blocking. The sweater in the photographs was never blocked ✔️ Granny clusters throughout — if you can work three double crochet into a space, you can make this ✔️ Nine sizes, XS to 5X, all graded from one measured garment rather than a formula ✔️ A full schematic with every measurement, all nine sizes ✔️ A stitch count at the end of every round ✔️ Fit checkpoints on the neck, the yoke, the body, the sleeve and every band ✔️ Worked top down, so you try it on as you go and set the length where you want it ✔️ A named worsted yarn you can buy on Amazon or in store